Phytoliths are silica casts of plant cells created within and between cells of living plants tissues that can remain in sediments long after the living tissue has decayed [33].
MicroCT on fossil conifer cones that were preserved in other ways, such as flattened carbonaceous compressions, three-dimensional coalified fossils, or external casts of plant organs, was found to be less successful in the current study.
In the gardens themselves you find a cast of plants rather different to the ones we are used to.
He is accompanied on his Anza-Borrego trips by a rotating cast of plant enthusiasts.
Cast in the name of plants and animals, these lawsuits tend to have humans very much in mind.
Modeling UK, German and Irish plants' investments in R&D, technology transfer and networking, and their effect on the extent and success of plants' innovation activities, casts some doubt on the importance of both of these relationships.
In order to investigate the role of subsurface casts of earthworms for grassland plant species, we conducted a full-factorial greenhouse experiment where artificial soil microsites, consisting of earthworm casts with or without AMF, were established.
While the present results corroborate other studies on interactions between surface casts and plant species (Zaller and Arnone 1999; Arnone et al. 2013), more in-depth investigations including the nutrient contents of plants, using field collected earthworm casts and perhaps a less complex setting with only one earthworm species, would help to better understand the underlying mechanisms.
The main attraction of this exceptionally inventive sculptor's exhibition is a pair of plants resembling palm trees cast from life in gray polyurethane.
Central figures tend to be surrounded by large casts of subsidiary figures, animals and plant life.
